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PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

A. E. PHILLIPS. PLATE LIFTER.

APPLIUATION PILED JAN. 30. 1906.

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ALBERT n. PHILLIPEESORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

' PLATE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed January 80, 1906. Serial No. 298,705.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plate-Lif ers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to plate lifters, and

class embodying new and improved features of durability, convenience, simplicity and efficiency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plate lifter having curved fingers for engaging beneath the plate with improved means for adjusting the relative positions of the lingers for engaging with plates of different sizes.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of I parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of the device with the fingers at the extreme of their opening movement. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device with the fingers in closed position. Fig. 3 is a view of the device in edge elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the handle of the device taken on line44 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In its preferred embodiment the improved platelifter forming the subject-matter of this application, comprises a hollow, handle into which any form of extension handle, as 11, may be inserted and continued at its opposite end by guides 12 and 13 spaced apart and formed each with an angular inturned side to engage with the slide 14 having V- shaped notches 15 slidably engaged upon the said guides.

At the end of the guides opposite the handle 10, fingers 16 and 17 are pivoted, as at 18 and 19, adjacent each other by means of angular portions which extend laterally through I openings in the said guide member and are secured upon the under side by nuts 20 or equivalent means. The fingers 16 and 17 are from the pivots outwardly and away from each other and then curved inwardly or toward each other so that in closed position the extremities of the said fingers are crossed as at 21 forming between the said fingers an open space proportioned to engage and hold a plate of small size while in their open osition the said fingers present substantial y the major arc of a circle for engaging a plate of larger size and between the two extreme positions will engage plates of any intermediate size.

For operating the fingers 16 and 17 a yoke member 22 is slidably mounted thereupon by means of passing the fingers 16 and 17 through openings 23 and 24:, the said openings having a greater interval therebetween than the interval between the pivots 18 and 19 so that when the yoke occupies a position adjacent to the end of the guide member the said fingers will be obliged to diverge, as particularly shown in Fig. 1, but when moved from the guide member by reason of the outward curvature of the fingers will force the said fingers together, as particularly shown in Fig. 2. For moving the yoke member 22 longitudinally a spindle 25 is provided rigidly connected at one end to the yoke 22 and at its opposite end to the slide 14 and having a sliding bearing in a lug 26 which permits the longitudinal reciprocating movement thereof.

From the foregoing it is believed the use, operation, and advantages of the improved plate lifter will be clearly understood and fully appreciated.

that I claim is 2* 1. A plate lifter comprising a handle, embodying spaced guides, elliptical fingers pivoted upon the handle, a slide mounted between the guides, a finger operator connected with the slide and provided with spaced openings each embracing one of the fingers, and a guide lug disposed upon the handle and positioned to act as a stop for the finger operator.

2. A plate lifter comprising a handle, spaced and approximately parallel extensions projecting from an end of the handle, a slide mounted between the extensions,

18 and 19 first curved curved fingers pivotally connected to the eX- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature trernity of the extensions, a finger operator. in presence of two Witnesses. connected With the slide and provided wlth spaced openings each embraclng one of the ALBERT PHILLIPS 5 fingers, and a guide-lug carried by the exten Witnesses:

sions and positioned to act as a stop for the W. W. BAYLOR,

finger operator. J. P. KELLY. 

